Awards Quote by Nas

Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It's a…

— Busta Rhymes

A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don't know what they're talking about. They just think of the rappers. When you talk…

— Afrika Bambaataa

Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don't bother trying to get it. The problem isn't in the rap or the rapper…

— Jay-Z

Hip-hop has permeated pop culture for decades. For a long time, though, it seemed to permeate it in a such a way that it…

— Adrian Younge

The thing about hip-hop is they always want to classify you as one particular artist, but hip-hop is about going outside the box and…

— Kendrick Lamar

Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as…

— Questlove

People underestimate the hip-hop audience and the capacity to understand politics when it's part of music.

— Michael Franti

Hip-hop is limiting itself and that also goes for editorially. Magazines and websites are the gatekeepers of what people think hip-hop is, but they…

— will.i.am

By denying its musical and artistic merit, hip hop's critics get to have it both ways: they can deny the legitimate artistic standing of…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I have done so much for hip-hop and 'til this day, I haven't received any awards or any recognition for it.

— Luther Campbell

Critics are always complaining about the materialism of hip-hop and accusing the artists of living way above their means. But this ostentatious sort of…

— Simon de Pury

For us to keep claiming this isn't Hip Hop and that isn't Hip Hop doesn't make sense to me.

— Grandmaster Flash